Patents by Inventor Andy Turano

Andy Turano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Perforating gun using an electrical safe arm device and a capacitor exploding foil initiator device
    Patent number: 5436791
    Abstract: A perforating gun using an electrical safe arm device and a capacitor exploding foil initiator device. The capacitor exploding foil initiator device having a capacitor connected in parallel to a bleed resistor which are connected across an exploding foil initiator by an over-voltage gap switch. When a voltage of the capacitor reaches a breakdown voltage of the switch, the energy stored in the capacitor is discharged through the switch to the exploding foil initiator which initiates a detonator cord thereby detonating the shaped charges of the perforating gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Raymond Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Turano, Carmelo A. Aresco